Neomolgus syriensis, HamadiK & BarbarK, 2024

HamadiK, Ali & BarbarK, Ziad, 2024, Two new species of Neomolgus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Bdellidae) from Syria, Acarologia 64 (3), pp. 777-786 : 784-786

Neomolgus syriensis sp. nov. is similar to N. paracapillatus by having six pairs of setae on the subcapitulum and 14 setae on the palpal tibiotarsus, but the new species differs from it by (1) having 20–22 setae on each chelicera vs. 15 setae in N. paracapillatus (2) having simple idiosomal setae vs. setae on idiosoma plumose in N. paracapillatus (3) hysterosomal setae 1.55-2.8 longer than those in N. paracapillatus (4) body length including gnathosoma 1.5-1.8 longer than this of N. paracapillatus (5) palp length 1.41-1.46 longer than this N of. paracapillatus .

Neomolgus syriensis sp. nov. is also similar to N. neoparacapillatus (described in the present paper) by having six pairs of setae on subcapitulum and 20–22 setae chelicerae but it differs from N. neoparacapillatus by (1) having four setae on pedipalpal genu vs.

six setae in N. neoparacapillatus (2) having 14 setae on the tibiotarsus vs. 17 setae in N. neoparacapillatus (3) having nine setae on genital plate vs. eight setae N. neoparacapillatus (4) palp genua 1.4–1.7 the length of palp telofemora vs. 3.3–4.9 in N. neoparacapillatus . (5) having less number of solenidia on tibiae I–IV (10 asl,1 bsl,1 pe,1 T –8 asl,1 bsl,1 T –1 bsl –1 asl –1 T

vs. 19 asl,1 bsl,1 pe,1 T –16 asl,1 bsl,1 T –3 asl,1 bsl –4 asl,1 T) and on tarsi I–II (5 asl,2 bsl –1 asl,2 bsl

vs. 10 asl,2 bsl,1 pe –3 asl,2 bsl).